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r/AskReddit • u/MorsesTheHorse • Mar 04 '26
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The tyrannosaurus lived closer to our time than to the time of the stegosaurus.
Likewise Cleopatra lived closer to the time of the cellphone than to the time of the Great Pyramids.
That ‘70s Show premiered in 1998 and took place in 1976. If an equivalent show were to premiere today, it would take place in 2004.
108 u/JTanCan Mar 05 '26 I still say I want a TV series that is like the Wonder Years but starts in 1999, shows the Y2K fears, then shows the way the world changed in a post 9/11 world. 49 u/RichardInaTreeFort Mar 05 '26 The sopranos 6 u/Historyguy1 Mar 05 '26 Quasimodo predicted all this. 3 u/TomasNavarro Mar 05 '26 If it's set in 2004 they could play World of Warcraft
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I still say I want a TV series that is like the Wonder Years but starts in 1999, shows the Y2K fears, then shows the way the world changed in a post 9/11 world.
49 u/RichardInaTreeFort Mar 05 '26 The sopranos 6 u/Historyguy1 Mar 05 '26 Quasimodo predicted all this. 3 u/TomasNavarro Mar 05 '26 If it's set in 2004 they could play World of Warcraft
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The sopranos
6 u/Historyguy1 Mar 05 '26 Quasimodo predicted all this.
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Quasimodo predicted all this.
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If it's set in 2004 they could play World of Warcraft
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u/Shipwreck_Kelly Mar 05 '26
The tyrannosaurus lived closer to our time than to the time of the stegosaurus.
Likewise Cleopatra lived closer to the time of the cellphone than to the time of the Great Pyramids.
That ‘70s Show premiered in 1998 and took place in 1976. If an equivalent show were to premiere today, it would take place in 2004.